The Data Center Revolution, with Greg Riegle and Chris Lloyd

About this episode

The episode discusses the current state and future of data centers with insights from industry experts.

Everyone is talking about Data Centers. Recently, host Phil Coover mentioned that he was doing a podcast about data centers. “Do you think that this data center thing is a big bubble?” someone asked. “No,” he replied. “That implies that the demand will somehow go away, causing it to pop. This demand isn’t going away.” In order to break down what is really happening in Data Centers, Phil invited two McGuireWoods ’ colleagues with decades of experience in data center real estate, incentives, and government affairs: Greg Riegle , co-leader of the Real Estate Transactions Group and head of its data center practice, and Chris Lloyd , senior vice president and director of Infrastructure and Economic Development at McGuireWoods Consulting. “I don't know that there's been a more – pick your adjective – ‘interesting,’ ‘dynamic,’ or ‘challenging’ time with respect to the data center industry,” Greg says. Tune in for the panelists’ insights about the data center epicenter in Virginia, factors that a community must take into account when inviting a data center (like water consumption), and communities that are navigating the opportunity, like DeKalb, Illinois. Connect and Learn More ☑️ Greg…

People in this episode

Host: Phil Coover

Guests: Greg Riegle, Chris Lloyd

Topics covered

• data centers
• real estate
• economic development
• government affairs
• community planning

Keywords

• data centers
• real estate
• Virginia
• economic development
• community planning

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: McGuireWoods

Places: Virginia, DeKalb, Illinois

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